Modus ponens - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Greek "philosophia" is a compound of correct answers "philia" (love) and "sophia" (wisdom). 5 fundamental issues of human life: correct answers God Morality Individual Persons Societies "PHILOSOPHY" correct answers understanding the logical reasons that pertain to the fundamental issues of human life (God, Morality, Persons, etc.). Computational Theory of Mind correct answers viewing the mind/brain as a computer or logic machine. Philosophers from Aristotle forward devel...

PHIL102 – saylor academy Final Study Questions and answers. literal meaning - A sentence's grammatical structure and the conventional meanings assigned to the words used Conversational implicature - information that is understood through inference but is not actually said in a conversation implied meaning - This is a suggested, but not stated meaning reportive definition - A dictionary-type definition that attempts to capture how a word is normally used stipulative definition -...

Ch 10: Validity in Conditional and Enumeration Arguments fully solved 2023(graded A+) antecedent - correct answer the "if" clause in a conditional argument (antecedent = that which comes before) argument from direction - correct answer an argument that strings together 2+ conditional statements to predict a remote result from the first step conditional argument - correct answer an argument built around an "if-then" statement or an equivalent. (AKA "hypothetical syllogism"). 3 parts:...

What is philosophy? (def) - is the attempt to provide for oneself an outlook on life based on broad fundamental principles underlying everything What is philosophy? (explanation) - defined by a concern of normative issues (what we ought to do) than is found in other objects Branches of Philosophy - 1 Logic (think or argue) 2Knowledge (Epistemology) 3Ethics (right from wrong) 4Political Philosophy (government form) 5Aesthetics (beauty) Constructive task of philosophy - attemp...

PHIL 105 WITH 100% CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Argument - CORRECT ANSWER-a set of statements where one statement is the claim you are trying to establish, and all the other statements are the reasons/evidence that support the claim Conclusion - CORRECT ANSWER-the claim you are trying to establish as true Premises - CORRECT ANSWER-reasons/evidence to support the conclusion of an argument Truth - CORRECT ANSWER-a statement matches the actual facts in reality statement with a tr...

Phil150 Midterm Review Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers What is a good critical thinker - answerA person who will not believe a claim unless it is supported by a good argument/evidence, and when making claims to others they provide good arguments/evidence to support their claims. What is a bad critical thinker - answerA person that will believe claims that are not supported by good arguments/evidence, and when they make claims to others they do not provide good arguments/evidence ...

Chapter 1 ETHICS AND THE EXAMINED LIFE MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Not thinking too deeply or too systematically about ethical concerns a. isolates you from other people. c. ensures that no moral dilemmas arise. b. undermines your personal freedom. d. helps guide you to moral truth. 2. Which of the following is the overall point of the author’s discussion of “doing ethics”? a. Doing ethics is difficult, but not doing it is foolish. b. Doing ethics requires many years of careful study. c. Most peopl...

PHI 103 Week 2 Quiz 2nd Attempt Question 1 “All bumblebees are smooglewumps” is which type of statement? Correct! universal affirmative universal negative particular affirmative particular negative none of these Question 2 “No cats are dogs. Some cats are mammals. Therefore, some dogs are mammals.” This argument is __________. a mathematical argument an inductive argument a categorical argument an argument by definition Question 3 Ident...

PLS2601 - Critical Reasoning EXAM PACK 2022. QUESTION 1: SHORT QUESTIONS: Instructions for Question 1: Write short answers for each question. 1.1. Define the “ad hominem fallacy”. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ (2) 1.2. What is a “bandwagon argument”? ______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________...

Critical Thinking: Reason and Evidence A+ GRADED Critical Thinking - ANS The ability to think carefully about thinking and reasoning--to criticize your own reasoning. Critical - ANS Reflective, careful, or attentive to potential errors. Critical Thinking - ANS Being curious and thinking creatively; Being billing to go the next step and think about all of the possible positions and arguments before settling into a position. Critical Thinking - ANS Separating the thinking from th...